All 5 Uses of
recur
in
Frankenstein
- I returned home not disappointed, for I have said that I had long considered those authors useless whom the professor reprobated; but I returned not at all the more inclined to recur to these studies in any shape.†
Chpt 3 *
- Doubtless my words surprised Henry; he at first believed them to be the wanderings of my disturbed imagination, but the pertinacity with which I continually recurred to the same subject persuaded him that my disorder indeed owed its origin to some uncommon and terrible event.†
Chpt 5
- Presently I found, by the frequent recurrence of some sound which the stranger repeated after them, that she was endeavouring to learn their language; and the idea instantly occurred to me that I should make use of the same instructions to the same end.†
Chpt 13
- The question again recurred, to be answered only with groans.†
Chpt 13
- These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(recur) to happen repeatedly or a second time